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J. E. JAMES? HAMB. No. 357,389. Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

ATTORNEYS.

' UNITED STATES FFICE.

ATENT JOHN E. JAMES, OF MOSSY CREEK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOE TO HIMSELF AND JOHN BOOKER FINNEY, OF ROMNEY, WEST VIRGINIA.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357.389, dated February 8, 1887.

Application filed July 2, 1886.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN E. JAMES, of Mossy Creek, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Hame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be herein after fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one side of the hames. Fig..-2 is a detail view of the outer side of the upper portion of the hames, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line :0 at of Fig. 1.

In the drawings above referred to, 10 represents the main body of one side of the hames, the lower end of which is, as usual, provided with a ring, 11. The outer face of the hames is recessed at 12, the whole structure being strengthened at this point by a metallic plate, 13, as best shown' in Fig. 3,

The hook 15, to which the trace-chain is to be secured, is carried by an elongated staple, 14., secured to the outer iace of the body of the hames, and to the under side of this hook there is secured a spring plate, 16, which serves the purpose of holding the hook in about the position in which it is shown, in so far as its angle with the face of the hames is concerned, and also serves to hold the hook either in the position shownthat is, between the pins 4, Which project outward from the face ofthe hamesor above said position or be low it, the spring-plate being provided with an aperture, 5, through which either of the pins 4 may be passed, and to prevent the link 17 of the trace-chain from slipping out of engagement with the hook 15, said hook and spring-plate being arranged substantially in the manner shown in the drawings. Upon the under side of the spring 16'there is se cured a clip, 2, which holds a rubber block,

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spring could be substituted for the rubber u block.

To the upper outside edge of the' hames there is secured a toothed attachment, 20, in connection with which there is arranged a spring, 21, which rests between the side walls of the casting and serves to retain the link 22 in connection with such of the teeth 3 of the casting 20 as is necessary to cause the hames to properly fit upon any particular collar, it being understood that the two sections of' the hames are united by a strap, 23, in the ordinary manner, the only distinction being that in this case the links 22 may be moved upward or downward to suit the exigencies of the case.

With such a hame as has been described the shoulder of the horse is not affected by heavy jars. such as would be the case with an unyielding connection between the hames and thetrace, and from the construction described it will be seen that not onlymay the hames be fitted to any length of collar, but the point of draft may be shifted so that the draft will be brought to the proper point.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a hame-body provided with a staple, 14., of ahook, 15, and the spring-plate 16, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with a hame -body formed with a recess, 12, of a staple, 14, a hook, 15, spring-plate 16, and a rubben block or spring, 18, all parts being arranged substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a hame body having the staple 14 and the pins 4, of the hook 15, having an apertured spring-plate at its inner end adapted to engage any one of said pins, substantially as set forth.

JOHN E. JAMES.

Witnesses:

J. E. BoLEN, T. A. HOPEWELL.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee of one-half interest in Letters Patent No. 357,389, granted February 8, 1887, upon the application of John E. James, of Mossy Greek, Virginia, for an improvement in Hames, was erroneously written and printed John Booker Finney, whereas said name should have been Written and printed John Booker Finley; and that the Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 15th day of March, A. D. 1887.

[sEAL.] D. L. HAWKINS,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. (Jountersign ed:

' R. B. VANCE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

